So the client doesn't call create(), just one of the finder methods?
I am reading up on this as well. I've currently got Roman's Mastering EJBs,
the J2EE developer's guide and an "Instant EJB" text. Is there another text
that anyone can recommend to complement these?
thanks again for all your help
DJ
>ejbCreate() is not invoked when an entity bean is created for an
>existing row.
>For an existing row, the container will invoke the following
>* newInstance()
>* setEntityContext(...)
>* ejbActivate()
>* ejbLoad()
>The first two steps are not necessary if there is already a pooled
>instance of the class available.
>Vance
>Vance Christiaanse
>Cintech Consulting
>Dane Jones wrote:
>
>Thanks Dion for your quick response.
>
>However your answer is actually the very cause of my confusion.
>
>As far as I can tell, the ejbFind*() methods are called after the
>ejbCreate() is invoked. Is that correct? In that case, if cust
>already exists (I don't mean _cust_ per se, but the table row that will be
>used to fill the EJB's attributes) what's the point of an
>INSERT statement within ejbCreate() when it's already there and the
>ejbFind*() method can retrieve the existing record?
>
>Does the ejbCreate() method *have* to contain an INSERT statement (for
>BMP)?
>And does the ejbRemove() method have
>to contain a DELETE statement?
>
>I know I'm missing something quite logical, and this is making me feel
>quite
>stupid.
>
>Again, thanks for your help on this
>
>Cheers
>
>DJ
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